The Marketplace of Exhibitions and IdeasThe Marketplace of Exhibitions and Ideas is held once a year during the ICEE annual conference. Structured as a series of short lightening-style talks, the ICEE Marketplace of Exhibitions and Ideas session provides a unique networking platform to reach all ICEE conference attendees. During this session, museum and exhibition professionals are invited to present their touring exhibition projects and/or projects in development in order to make new contacts and foster partnership building.

Why include a Marketplace of Exhibition and Ideas? The annual Marketplace of Exhibitions and Ideas conference session provides a dynamic platform to learn about a wide variety of touring exhibitions and other exhibition-related projects in development around the world. The session facilitates invaluable international networking opportunities for both presenters and attendees.

How does the ICEE Marketplace of Exhibition and Ideas session work? The Marketplace of Exhibitions and Ideas session is held during the third day of the annual conference. The session usually includes between 20-25 presentations and lasts 2.5 hours including a 30-minute networking break. Marketplace presenters have between 6-10 minutes to:

Promote their top exhibition projects on tour or under planning.

Present one of several innovative ideas concerning new concepts, methods, techniques or other means with the connection of communication new approaches in international exhibition exchange.

The session includes a special desk for sharing printed or digital marketing materials for promoting the touring exhibition activities.

Starting in 2017, the participants will be selected based on one page proposals. The guidelines for submission will be available in June 2017. Special considerations are given to exhibitions projects and ideas directed to small and medium size museums.

International ParticipationOver the last three years, the Marketplace of Exhibitions and Ideas has promoted exhibitions, projects, and ideas developed by museums, touring organizations, and museum professionals from all over the world as presented in the below table:

2014

2015

2016

· Australia

· Australia

· Austria

· Austria

· Austria

· Canada

· France

· Canada

· China

· Germany

· France

· Finland

· Italy

· Italy

· France

· Japan

· South Africa,

· Iran

· Russia

· Switzerland

· Italy

· Switzerland

· Taiwan

· Netherlands

· United Kingdom

· Taiwan

· USA

· United Kingdom

· USA

Overall Satisfaction and Key Performance Indicators

During the last three years, the overall satisfaction with the Marketplace of Exhibitions and Ideas has significantly improved. The post-conference satisfaction survey results and feedback from participants evidenced the value of this session.

In 2016, and for the first time, all marketplace indicators received scores above the 70% minimum level of satisfaction. The historical assessment of overall satisfaction and key performance indicators are presented in the chart below: